Glenn Beck: Tomi Lahren not suspended over abortion stance
Conservative talk-show host Tomi Lahren has been temporarily banned from Glenn Becks The Blaze network after airing pro-choice abortion views last week.
The 24-year-old Lahren known for tirades against so-called feminism and calling refugees rape-u-gees told ABCs The View on Friday she thinks pro-life politics are an example of governmental overreach.
Im someone that is for limited government, so I cant sit here and be a hypocrite and say Im for limited government, but I think that the government should decide what women do with their bodies, Lahren said on the show.
Stay out of my guns, and you can stay out of my body as well.
The backlash from Lahrens fan base was immediate, and Blaze founder Glenn Beck condemned Lahrens comments while trying to come to her defense noting, for example, that she had once referred to abortion doctors as baby killers.
I would disagree that youre a hypocrite if you want limited government and yet you want the government to protect life of the unborn, Beck said on his radio show Monday morning.
Still, Beck insisted that the comments by Lahren, who has arguably become the most visible personality on The Blaze, wouldnt endanger her job.
I dont hire people who are sycophants or who have my opinion, Beck said. I try to hire people who have a different opinion because I believe in being intellectually rigorous.
Lahren, who reportedly has been suspended for a week, signaled Monday night on Twitter that she was taking some time off.
A staunch Donald Trump supporter, Lahren clarified her abortion comments after her appearance on The View, telling one outlet: Listen, I am not glorifying abortion. I dont personally advocate for it. I just dont think its the governments place to dictate.
She also tweeted, I speak my truth. If you dont like it, tough. I will always be honest and stand in my truth.
That appeared to draw a reaction from one of her co-workers, Blaze reporter Kate Scanlon, who, captioning a Bible verse, tweeted, There is no my truth. There is only the truth.
Tomi Lahren - 2/2/2017 I Stand with Milo - Final Thoughts
Tomi Lahren blasted University of California, Berkeley protesters as a "militant herd of triggered crybabies" for causing chaos that forced the school to evacuate Breitbart editor Milo Yiannapoulos before he was scheduled to speak earlier this week.
"I don"t care what your leftist posse or professors told you, it is not OK, nor is it protected expression, to attack people or set fires because someone else"s free speech offends you," the conservative Blaze host said on Thursday night during her "Final Thoughts" segment.
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A worker surveys the damage to a vandalized Starbucks after a student protest turned violent at UC Berkeley during a demonstration over right-wing speaker Milo Yiannopoulos, who was forced to cancel his talk, in Berkeley, California, U.S., February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
BERKELEY, CA - FEBRUARY 1: People protesting controversial Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos take to the streets on February 1, 2017 in Berkeley, California. A scheduled speech by Yiannopoulos was cancelled after protesters and police engaged in violent skirmishes. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)
A vandalized Bank of America office is seen after a student protest turned violent at UC Berkeley during a demonstration over right-wing speaker Milo Yiannopoulos, who was forced to cancel his talk, in Berkeley, California, U.S., February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
Police officers prepare to deploy a skirmish line after a student protest turned violent at UC Berkeley during a demonstration over right-wing speaker Milo Yiannopoulos, who was forced to cancel his talk, in Berkeley, California, U.S., February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
BERKELEY, CA - FEBRUARY 1: People protesting controversial Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos burn trash and cardboard in the street on February 1, 2017 in Berkeley, California. A scheduled speech by Yiannopoulos was cancelled after protesters and police engaged in violent skirmishes. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)
BERKELEY, CA - FEBRUARY 1: A protester is carried into a building by police officers during a protest on the UC Berkeley campus on February 1, 2017 in Berkeley, California. A speech by controversial Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos, who was scheduled to speak at the university, was cancelled after protesters and police engaged in violent skirmishes. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)
BERKELEY, CA - FEBRUARY 1: People protesting controversial Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos march in the street on February 1, 2017 in Berkeley, California. A scheduled speech by Yiannopoulos was cancelled after protesters and police engaged in violent skirmishes. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)
BERKELEY, CA - FEBRUARY 1: Damage is seen to a Chase Bank branch following a protest on February 1, 2017 in Berkeley, California. A speech by controversial Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos, who was scheduled to speak at UC Berkeley, was cancelled after protesters and police engaged in violent skirmishes. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)
BERKELEY, CA - FEBRUARY 1: A protester smashes the window of a Target store on February 1, 2017 in Berkeley, California. A speech by controversial Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos, who was scheduled to speak at UC Berkeley, was cancelled after protesters and police engaged in violent skirmishes. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)
The inside of a Chase Bank is seen after being vandalised by protesters in Berkeley, California on February 1, 2017. Violent protests erupted on February 1 at the University of California at Berkeley over the scheduled appearance of a controversial editor of the conservative news website Breitbart. / AFP / Josh Edelson (Photo credit should read JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images)
A man pulls a piece of metal out of a window as a flare burns inside a Wells Fargo Bank in Berkeley, California on February, 1, 2017. A speech by Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos scheduled at the University of Berkeley was cancelled after demonstrators set fires and threw objects at buildings to protest his appearance. / AFP / Josh Edelson (Photo credit should read JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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"It"s true, the unloving and intolerant left will stop at nothing, literally nothing, to ensure conservatives don"t have a voice on college campuses and as evidence by the riots a U.C. Berkeley," she said before playing a montage of video showcasing the violence on the school"s campus that occurred Wednesday night.
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Livestreams and Twitter posts from the demonstration show protesters shooting fireworks at the building, and at least one fire small fire was set near the event. Windows were also reportedly broken. Police ordered crowds to disperse, and fired rubber pellets at demonstrators who refused the order.
A local reporter tweeted images of "fresh" spray paint last night that featured vandalism saying "kill fascist," "f Milo," and "kill Trump" at a Walgreens located near the campus. The violence was instigated by a group of "about 150 masked agitators," according to a UC Berkeley statement, indicating that the majority of the "more than 1,500 protesters" conducted themselves peacefully.
"See, what these animals, and yes I said animals, did last night proves my point. It proves Milo"s point and it"s part of the cancer spreading like literal wildfire across our nations college campuses," Lahren said. "I can"t figure out why some in my generation are willing to create chaos and incite anarchy over someone else"s free speech."
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No arrests were made, according to multiple reports including CNN and the L.A. Times, but President Donald Trump tweeted, "If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view NO FEDERAL FUNDS?"
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By now most of us are familiar with the Final Thoughts that are paradoxically never ending. If theres one thing you know about blaze tv host tomi lahren, its that she is known for her controversial statements made both on her Twitter account and the show itself. But once you get past the loud noise of Lahrens incessantwhining you begin to hear the unsound logic that is often found throughout her videos. Here are just a few of my favorites:
